Epic poem · 1807

The Columbiad

A Poem in Ten Books

by Joel Barlow

Barlow's patriotic epic on the American Republic: the imprisoned Columbus is shown, in vision, the history and future of the New World by the genius Hesper, in ten books of heroic couplets.

Contents · 10 parts

• Book Iabout 810 lines
• Book IIabout 650 lines
• Book IIIabout 860 lines
• Book IVabout 640 lines
• Book Vabout 860 lines
• Book VIabout 710 lines
• Book VIIabout 770 lines
• Book VIIIabout 690 lines
• Book IXabout 720 lines
• Book Xabout 640 lines

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